I’m a Former Surgeon General and I Couldn’t Believe My $10k Medical Bill, MedPage Today, May 17, 2024, by Jerome Adams, M.D., M.P.H.
While attending a
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Insured Percent Up; Care Affordability Plunging
Health costs threaten to overshadow Biden’s historic coverage gains, Axios, May 14, 2024, by Caitlin Owens
President Biden has come closer than any of his Democratic
Reversing Vertical Merger-Mania in Health Care
Medicare Advantage and Vertical Consolidation in Health Care, American Economic Liberties Project, April 30, 2024, by Hayden Rooke-Ley
[HJM Editor: Today’s excerpt is dense with policy,
The Synergy of Clinical and Social Care in the US
Money as Medicine – Clinicism, Cash Transfers, and the Political-Economic Determinants of Health, New England Journal of Medicine, April 10, 2024, by Eric Reinhart
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Clinicism
News Flash: Other Wealthy Nations Have Better Health Coverage Than U.S.
Rethinking Health Care from a Global Perspective: Looking Abroad, The Commonwealth Fund Blog, May 2, 2024, by Aaron Carroll
All other high-income countries have adopted a
Philip R. Lee’s 1986 Call for National Health Insurance
This Date in UCSF History: National Health Insurance Ahead?, Synapse, UCSF Student Voices, April 23, 2024
(Originally authored by Dr. Philip R. Lee — a UCSF professor
Cutting Back Medicare & Medicaid Would Kill Tens of Thousands
Study: Proposed changes to Medicare, Medicaid could cost thousands of lives, Yale News, April 22, 2024, by Mallory Locklear
Proposed changes to the United States’ Medicare
Medicare for All Individual Cost Calculator
Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal, Email to supporters, April 25, 2024
Republicans HATE Medicare for All and they’re doing everything in their power to protect Big Pharma and
The Tragicomedy of Medicaid
Medicaid: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO), (28 minute video), April 18, 2024
John Oliver discusses why millions of people have been kicked off of
Political Party Split vs. Concurrence on Government Guarantee of Health Care
Changing Partisan Coalitions in a Politically Divided Nation, Pew Research Center, April 9, 2024
The combined effects of change and continuity have left the country’s two
Cross-National Insurance Contrasts in Amusing 1-minute Videos
POV Losing Your Job in the US vs France, YouTube Short, Roya @royaventurera, March 29, 2024
[American accent] “Does this mean I lose my health care
Latest Corporate Intermediary Scam, For Out-of-Network Charges
Insurers Reap Hidden Fees by Slashing Payments. You May Get the Bill, The New York Times, April 7, 2024, by Chris Hammy
MultiPlan is a little-known
